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| [[Kenyan general election, 2007|2007]] || [[Simon Mbugua]] || [[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|PNU]] || Results were not declared until August 2008 due to a court case.<ref>The Standard, August 12, 2008: [http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143992301&cid=4& Kamukunji: Eyes now shift to Starehe]</ref> However, he eventually lost the seat as the election was annulled by a court in January 2011<ref>Daily Nation, January 27, 2011: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kamukunji+MP+loses+seat+in+poll+petition/-/1064/1096798/-/rsc05pz/-/index.html Kamukunji MP loses seat in poll petition]</ref> |
| [[Kenyan general election, 2007|2007]] || [[Simon Mbugua]] || [[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|PNU]] || Results were not declared until August 2008 due to a court case.<ref>The Standard, August 12, 2008: [http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143992301&cid=4& Kamukunji: Eyes now shift to Starehe]</ref> However, he eventually lost the seat as the election was annulled by a court in January 2011<ref>Daily Nation, January 27, 2011: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kamukunji+MP+loses+seat+in+poll+petition/-/1064/1096798/-/rsc05pz/-/index.html Kamukunji MP loses seat in poll petition]</ref> |
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| 2011 || [[Abdi Yusuf Hassan]] || [[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|PNU]] || By-election August 18, 2011: '''[[Abdi Yusuf Hassan | Yusuf Hassan]] (PNU – 19,030)''', Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064)<ref>[http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1148710/-/7qwlvg/-/index.html] Daily Nation, April 21, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/08/02/kamukunji-mini-poll-slated-for-aug-18/] Capital FM, August 2, 2011</ref> |
| 2011 || [[Abdi Yusuf Hassan]] || [[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|PNU]] || By-election August 18, 2011: '''[[Abdi Yusuf Hassan | Yusuf Hassan]] (PNU – 19,030)''', Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064)<ref>[http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1148710/-/7qwlvg/-/index.html] Daily Nation, April 21, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/08/02/kamukunji-mini-poll-slated-for-aug-18/] Capital FM, August 2, 2011</ref> |
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[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Kamukunji.pdf CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6)]</ref> |
[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Kamukunji.pdf CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6)]</ref> |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Kamukunji.pdf Map of the constituency] |
*[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Kamukunji.pdf Map of the constituency] |
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*[http://www.uchaguzikenya.com/index.php?page=constituencies&switch=4&cid=091 Uchaguzikenya.com – Constituency profile] |
*[http://www.uchaguzikenya.com/index.php?page=constituencies&switch=4&cid=091 Uchaguzikenya.com – Constituency profile] |
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Revision as of 19:22, 5 December 2017
Kamukunji Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County. It consists of central to eastern areas of Nairobi. Kamukunji constituency has common boundaries with Pumwani Division of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City Council area. The constituency has an area of 12 km². It was known as Nairobi Central Constituency at the 1963 elections, but has had its current name since the 1969 elections.
Prominent politician Tom Mboya was the first MP from this constituency. He was assassinated in 1969.
Members of Parliament
Elections | MP[1] | Party | Notes | |
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1963 | Tom Mboya | KANU | ||
1969 | Maina Wanjigi | KANU | One-party system | |
1974 | Maina Wanjigi | KANU | One-party system | |
1979 | Philip Nicholas Gor | KANU | One-party system | |
1983 | Maina Wanjigi | KANU | One-party system | |
1988 | Maina Wanjigi | KANU | One-party system | |
1992 | George Nthenge | FORD-Asili | ||
1997 | Norman Nyagah | Democratic Party | ||
2002 | Norman Nyagah | NARC | ||
2007 | Simon Mbugua | PNU | Results were not declared until August 2008 due to a court case.[2] However, he eventually lost the seat as the election was annulled by a court in January 2011[3] | |
2011 | Abdi Yusuf Hassan | PNU | By-election August 18, 2011: Yusuf Hassan (PNU – 19,030), Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064)[4][5] | |
2013 | Abdi Yusuf Hassan | TNA | [Election March 04, 2013 | : |
Locations and wards
Locations | |
Location | Population* |
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Bahati | 55,082 |
Eastleigh North | 98,277 |
Eastleigh South | 74,13 |
Kamukunji | 25,851 |
Pumwani | 29,616 |
Total | 201,783 |
1999 census.[6] |
Wards | |
Ward | Registered Voters |
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Eastleigh North | 21,450 |
Eastleigh South | 14,721 |
Kimathi | 7,010 |
Muthurwa/Shauri Moyo | 17,513 |
Pumwani | 18,032 |
Uhuru | 11,860 |
Total | 90,586 |
*September 2005.[7]
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References
- ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944–2007[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Standard, August 12, 2008: Kamukunji: Eyes now shift to Starehe Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daily Nation, January 27, 2011: Kamukunji MP loses seat in poll petition
- ^ [1] Daily Nation, April 21, 2011
- ^ [2] Capital FM, August 2, 2011
- ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6) Archived March 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links